Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] easiest way to automate install of a collection 12+ PDF's onto Sugar on XOs?

2018-04-19 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 08:26:27PM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 8:17 PM, James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > without deleting the identity > key the activity collaboration feature will fail in strange ways. > > What's t

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] easiest way to automate install of a collection 12+ PDF's onto Sugar on XOs?

2018-04-19 Thread James Cameron
udents have left MP3's > and > personal files lying around! > > References: > > [1] mailto:h...@laptop.org > [2] mailto:tony_ander...@usa.net > [3] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Imaging/Side_effects > _______ > Server-dev

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] easiest way to automate install of a collection 12+ PDF's onto Sugar on XOs?

2018-04-19 Thread James Cameron
> > References: > > [1] mailto:tony_ander...@usa.net > ___ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-de

Re: [Server-devel] do RPi 3 B+ still need heat sinks?

2018-04-03 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 08:35:54PM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 8:17 PM, James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 05:28:31PM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 5:01 PM, James Cameron <[1][2]qu...

Re: [Server-devel] do RPi 3 B+ still need heat sinks?

2018-04-03 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 05:28:31PM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 5:01 PM, James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 10:33:12AM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 12:36 PM, Adam Holt <[1][2]h

Re: [Server-devel] do RPi 3 B+ still need heat sinks?

2018-04-03 Thread James Cameron
00/1*0jU89Yu_6miI-CODBMuHAw.png > [4] > https://medium.com/@ghalfacree/benchmarking-the-raspberry-pi-3-b-plus-44122cf3d806 > [5] > https://medium.com/@ghalfacree/benchmarking-the-raspberry-pi-3-b-plus-44122cf3d806 > [6] > https://medium.com/@ghalfacree/benchmarking-the-raspberry-pi-3-b-

Re: [Server-devel] do RPi 3 B+ still need heat sinks?

2018-04-03 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 09:07:22AM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 1:53 AM, James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > Temperature readings are not comparable between RPi 3 and RPi 3 B+ > because of throttling differences, and the metal heat spreader

Re: [Server-devel] do RPi 3 B+ still need heat sinks?

2018-04-02 Thread James Cameron
will be between timings of equal workloads with equal cooling in identical environment. You can't do this honestly with temperature alone. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http

[Server-devel] Test

2018-03-29 Thread James Cameron
crucifixes socialise -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] serious Raspbian WiFi flaw discovered: works for 10SEC then cycles OFF/ON

2018-01-02 Thread James Cameron
so it is not easy to test recent fixes. Most recent data from Adam; his Raspberry Pi is being connected by wireless to one router with IP of 192.168.0.1, then connected by ethernet to a physically different router with same IP of 192.168.0.1. I'm thinking that's an exciting and interesting thing to d

Re: [Server-devel] PRE-Released: Internet-in-a-Box 6.5 Preview 2

2017-11-10 Thread James Cameron
6] http://download.iiab.io/6.5/rpi/load.txt > [7] https://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianMirrors > [8] https://github.com/iiab/iiab/releases > [9] > https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch > [10] http://download.iiab.io/6.5/rpi/ > [11] http://unleashkids.org/ > ___

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] Re: [XSCE] Internet-in-a-Box 6.4 is 79% Complete according to GitHub :-)

2017-09-22 Thread James Cameron
letely overwhelmed by > poorly explained Big Red Errors!) > > On Sep 22, 2017 12:50 AM, "James Cameron" <[3]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > There will always be connection failures, and they aren't always the > fault of [4]learningequality.org.  Locally broken

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] Re: [XSCE] Internet-in-a-Box 6.4 is 79% Complete according to GitHub :-)

2017-09-21 Thread James Cameron
com/learningequality/ka-lite/issues > [8] > http://pantry.learningequality.org/downloads/ka-lite/0.17/content/contentpacks/en.zip > [9] mailto:h...@laptop.org > [10] https://github.com/iiab/iiab/milestone/1 > [11] https://github.com/iiab/iiab/releases/ > [12] http://download.iiab.io/6.4/rpi/ &g

Re: [Server-devel] "Raspbian reserves 4% of all disk space"

2017-08-20 Thread James Cameron
No sympathy; you asked for this problem, and you got it. Fix the underlying problem, which is either training, confidence, remote support, brain drain, or SD card is too small for the job, Automatically delete least used content once the limit is hit. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org

Re: [Server-devel] Internet-in-a-Box 6.3 PRE-RELEASE installs w/o a hitch onto Raspbian!

2017-06-14 Thread James Cameron
continue to use it, but you're the only one editing those pages. Let me know if anybody else needs an account. I've adjusted our disclaimer template again. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 06:28:06AM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > George Hunt loudly curses my name ev

Re: [Server-devel] ssh.service error on CentOS 7.3

2017-05-26 Thread James Cameron
Fedora derived systems. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Apache 2.4.6 on CentOS and 2.4.10 on Debian/Raspbian

2017-05-25 Thread James Cameron
is accessed by local public wireless. Risk is low if the server is accessed by password protected wireless. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] ssh.service error on CentOS 7.3

2017-05-25 Thread James Cameron
Explore /etc/profile.d and look at each script added by xsce to find one that tries to do "/sbin/service" commands or mentions ssh. If that doesn't help, start a bash shell without profile (--noprofile), and then execute each file in turn until you find the culprit. -- James Ca

Re: [Server-devel] ditch all *.img.md5.txt ? (*.img.zip.md5.txt far more useful)

2017-04-03 Thread James Cameron
with file name, checksum, on one line, Also, it surprises me you-all aren't using any digital signatures on the files; but then I think of your user base who wouldn't necessarily have the time to be able to verify one, let alone an MD5. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org

Re: [Server-devel] "systemctl restart xsce-cmdsrv" &/or other stuff when Admin Console crashes?

2017-04-02 Thread James Cameron
, collect dmesg and system logs. To avoid it, use the authorised USB power supply adapter, keep the Pi cool, and protect the top of the Pi from any nearby hands or radios. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] in plain english: How to Add Content to Internet-in-a-Box

2017-03-16 Thread James Cameron
content apps, and Khan Academy Lite's built-in video acquisition UX. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] shutdown/bootup snafus+delays itemized (IIAB/XSCE Raspian on RPi3)

2017-02-26 Thread James Cameron
; up the screen. Yeah, starting to sound self-inflicted. Break your changes into smaller pieces and test shutdown times after each piece. You'll eventually find which piece is causing it. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mai

Re: [Server-devel] RPi3 "poweroff" was consistently ~15sec, now consistently ~1.5min

2017-02-22 Thread James Cameron
be affected. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] auditing our "IIAB/XSCE 6.2 Networking" overview

2017-02-22 Thread James Cameron
so refine that list of open ports to show which are open on an external network interface. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Debian LTS Clarification & UbuCon @ SCaLE March 1-2 (free)

2017-02-21 Thread James Cameron
fferent default versions on web servers depending on geography, or my connection path may contain a man in the middle version downgrade attack. The former seems more likely; and is a problem for any project seeking to localise; because testing has to be in the deployment country. --

Re: [Server-devel] Debian LTS Clarification & UbuCon @ SCaLE March 1-2 (free)

2017-02-20 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 07:05:01PM -0500, Adam Holt wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 6:05 PM, James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > No sign of ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR here with same version of Chromium > package on Raspbian.  Please check your system clo

Re: [Server-devel] Debian LTS Clarification & UbuCon @ SCaLE March 1-2 (free)

2017-02-20 Thread James Cameron
was omitted to lower cost. You may also use "apt" instead of "apt-get" like this; apt update apt full-upgrade You may also find "apt-get clean" to be more comprehensive than "apt-get autoclean". There's also a package for automated unattended upgrades, see &

Re: [Server-devel] Debian LTS Clarification & UbuCon @ SCaLE March 1-2 (free)

2017-02-19 Thread James Cameron
ity-support package is installed and is configured to inform the user somehow. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Apache 2.4.10 from July 2014 is part of XSCE 6.2: is this safe?

2017-02-16 Thread James Cameron
for your use case; choose based on preference and skills of your technical users. Flexibility traded for performance. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo

Re: [Server-devel] overhauling our FAQ for Internet-in-a-Box/XSCE 6.2 !

2017-02-06 Thread James Cameron
e XO-1 and XO-1.5 units are beyond end of expected life and will be failing rapidly, statistically speaking. Can your server software work with multiple server instances? If not, stick to one known good server. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___

Re: [Server-devel] How can I delete 10 years of git history in the XSCE repo?

2017-01-19 Thread James Cameron
Adam Holt wrote: > James Cameron wrote: > > George Hunt wrote: > > > The XSCE repo, inherited from laptop.org has grown to 80MB+. > > > >Yes, but what problem are you trying to solve? > > Preliminary Repo Re-org document here [...] >

Re: [Server-devel] How can I delete 10 years of git history in the XSCE repo?

2017-01-18 Thread James Cameron
easier to start a fresh repository based on release-6.0, then add a single commit to bring it to base-6.2. Or add your ~637 commits as patches using "git format-patch" and "git am". -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Ser

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] xsce on centos/rpi3

2016-12-13 Thread James Cameron
nce as full Sugar.  Meantime all educators cry out for platform > stability that constructionism ironically relies on, so [6]http:// > wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.8 on XO laptops is a big step forward > with Sugar 0.110, thanks to James Cameron! > > or FedBerry ([7]http:

[Server-devel] BBR: Congestion-Based Congestion Control

2016-12-04 Thread James Cameron
: http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3022184 https://lwn.net/Articles/701165/ http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2071893 -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo

Re: [Server-devel] Rpi3 wifi boost hack

2016-09-26 Thread James Cameron
___ > Server-devel mailing list > Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] (probably) the world's highest solar powered schoolserver and mesh setup

2016-09-07 Thread James Cameron
if the router isn't responding. Especially where batteries are used. Where no battery is used, a node will restart next morning, and that may be enough to handle the more frequent single event upsets. http://www.dfrsolutions.com/pdfs/2004_HighAltitude_Hillman-Blattau.pdf -- James Cameron http

Re: [Server-devel] "Gigabyte BRIX more scalable than Intel NUC"

2016-09-05 Thread James Cameron
g an evaluation. On that basis, I agree with Anish that a wireless router will do much better. If equipment loss is a problem, glue it to the inside of the case. If the case isn't big enough, bolt it to the outside of the case, or get a bigger case. p.s. th

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread James Cameron
hardware and software, monitor detection is sometimes unreliable when hotplugging a VGA connection." ... complete with obligatory typo. ;-) -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread James Cameron
Only tested one monitor? Try another; the EDID communication path over VGA could have problems, or the data in monitor Flash unusual. Also check age of monitor. Mix not old and new wineskins. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server

Re: [Server-devel] are NUC5i3RYH & NUC6i3SYH really limited to 12 WiFi clients??

2016-08-26 Thread James Cameron
kernel with Rasbian is 4.4 dated 1 November 2015. Bisect the problem broadly. Try the latest kernel. There have been many wireless driver and wireless networking changes between the two kernels. There's a possibility it may be one of them you have hit. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org

Re: [Server-devel] quasi-automatic security updates: state-of-art headed where?

2016-08-15 Thread James Cameron
listically?)  Thanks for ideas facing up to > these existential challenges uniting us all, knowing there's a > serious diversity of opinions / tripwires / threat models / > mitigations out there quite naturally! Go for a shorter planning horizon than a decade. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Has anyone else seen squid swap.state bloat?

2016-05-10 Thread James Cameron
> -- > Anish > > References: > > [1] > http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/ConfiguringSquid#What_.27.27cache_dir.27.27_size_should_I_use.3F > [2] http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/cache_dir/ > [3] mailto:m...@jvonau.ca > [4] mailto:anis...@umich.edu >

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] [Off Topic] More Linux users facing skype issues

2016-04-04 Thread James Cameron
gt;>>>> that, but just making aware of where things are headed skype-wise. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>> Anish > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Anish > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> ___ > >>>> Server-devel mailing list > >>>> [18]Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > >>>> [19]http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> <[20]http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel> > >>>> <[21]http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel> > >>>> Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ > >>>> <[22]http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel>[23]http:// > unleashkids.org ! > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ [24]http://unleashkids.org > ! > >>>> > >>> > > > > -- > Anish > > References: > > [1] mailto:tkk...@nurturingasia.com > [2] http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php > [3] mailto:h...@laptop.org > [4] mailto:tgill...@gmail.com > [5] https://meet.jit.si/ > [6] > http://blogs.skype.com/2015/10/15/a-new-easier-way-to-start-a-skype-conversation-and-invite-anyone-to-join/ > [7] mailto:h...@laptop.org > [8] mailto:sve...@sfsu.edu > [9] mailto:anis...@umich.edu > [10] mailto:ape...@alexperez.com > [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_(protocol) > [12] mailto:anis...@umich.edu > [13] > https://linux.slashdot.org/story/16/03/31/1956218/skype-for-linux-dead-or-just-resting > [14] http://nickforall.nl/skype/ > [15] https://www.stallman.org/skype.html > [16] http://tox.chat/ > [17] http://ring.cx/ > [18] mailto:Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > [19] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > [20] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > [21] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > [22] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > [23] http://unleashkids.org/ > [24] http://unleashkids.org/ -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] [Off Topic] More Linux users facing skype issues

2016-04-04 Thread James Cameron
.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tox_(protocol) > [7] mailto:anis...@umich.edu > [8] > https://linux.slashdot.org/story/16/03/31/1956218/skype-for-linux-dead-or-just-resting > [9] http://nickforall.nl/skype/ > [10] https://www.stallman.org/skype.html > [11] http://tox.chat/ > [12] http://ring.cx/ > [13] mailto:Server-devel@lists.laptop.org > [14] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > [15] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > [16] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > [17] http://unleashkids.org/ -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Alas, I'm giving up on Access Point function for XO1.5

2016-04-03 Thread James Cameron
_to_debug_the_libertas_driver > [7] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_as_AP > ___ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [support-gang] [UKids] Lightning kills underground Ethernet too; PoE wiring/voltages non-trivial!

2016-01-11 Thread James Cameron
nis...@umich.edu> wrote: > > Perhaps this is slightly offtopic > > Talking to a school a few days ago up in the mountains, > they had a lightning strike that knocked out a bunch of > electrical e

Re: [Server-devel] [support-gang] jffs2 vs ubifs vs ext4 space-efficiency question

2015-12-22 Thread James Cameron
ld jffs2 is not appropriate for the larger > SD cards I'm experimenting with, even before we get to wear-leveling > questions!) > _______ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] Logging_into_XSCE-admin_from_XO-1.5 from f22 xsce-live install on an i7 laptop

2015-12-03 Thread James Cameron
nt sources now; XSCE source, XSCE Wiki, OLPC Wiki, Sugar Labs Wiki, Google Docs. Perhaps the XSCE volunteers could tidy it up a bit and combine all the documentation into one place? -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list S

Re: [Server-devel] khan_assessments.zip download fails

2015-11-20 Thread James Cameron
umount /tmp an application that doesn't gracefully handle a size limited /tmp could be considered to be broken though. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo

Re: [Server-devel] epiphany browser trick to force same URL every time :)

2015-11-19 Thread James Cameron
ng Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ [2]http://unleashkids.org ! > > References: > > [1] > https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en#commandline > [2] http://unleashkids.org/ -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] is it ok to change the passwd for user 'olpc' ?

2015-11-05 Thread James Cameron
ces: > > [1] http://unleashkids.org/ > ___ > Devel mailing list > de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] automount

2015-10-30 Thread James Cameron
l be so on restart? The order of discovery can be unpredictable, so what is /dev/sdb with media left connected can be different to what it is when media is not left connected. Try to script using the symbolic links created in /dev/disk/by-path which connect back to /dev/sdb, that way the discovery o

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] automount

2015-10-30 Thread James Cameron
unplugged to plugged. So any program that misses this ... sounds buggy. > But because of your comment I just rebooted and the mount was in fact > reestablished, so looks like it is not in fact a problem. Oh, I thought you had identified it as a problem. -- James Cameron http://quo

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: Docker

2015-10-29 Thread James Cameron
build a new network of interest. It is unfortunate that XSCE isn't more obvious at Sugar Labs; it ties in with Sugar far more than it ties in with the OLPC XO now. ;-) -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Anish's major OSM accomplishments: will city search still work?

2015-10-20 Thread James Cameron
ets, mobile mining facilities, refugee camps, concentration camps, don't usually get added to these data sets. But give us time. ;-) The perimeter polygon would have a time dimension to it. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-de

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] XSCE FAQ #9: How do I change the WiFi name (SSID) visible to client devices?

2015-10-11 Thread James Cameron
: > > [1] > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_WiFi_name_.28SSID.29_visible_to_client_devices.3F -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists

Re: [Server-devel] how to remove WiFi credential/history from Sugar?

2015-09-28 Thread James Cameron
ugar uses Network Manager to store connections. Sugar does lack a scripted method to discard network history. That would be an interesting feature to have! -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop

Re: [Server-devel] olpc-dm/Xorg segfault only if during systemd boot

2015-09-07 Thread James Cameron
? How do the journal, olpc-dm logs, and X logs differ between working and failing case? Where does gdb show the segmentation fault occurs? -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http

Re: [Server-devel] ext2 vs ext4 vs exFAT for XO content SD cards?

2015-08-16 Thread James Cameron
Verma wrote: James, Would it help to mark the content partition(s) as read only? Sameer On Aug 16, 2015 5:13 PM, James Cameron [1]qu...@laptop.org wrote: Thanks, interesting questions. No, ext4 is not a slow journaled filesystem, and no, there are no obvious problems on SD

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: ext2 vs ext4 vs exFAT for XO content SD cards?

2015-08-16 Thread James Cameron
with FAT32. In the OLPC ecosystem, only Open Firmware has an 8.3 limit, and there's nothing in your use case which suggests that Open Firmware is to be used for content delivery! -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: ext2 vs ext4 vs exFAT for XO content SD cards?

2015-08-16 Thread James Cameron
content, sure, but exFAT is quite recent as far as remote villages are concerned; what will you do when you get teachers who can't even open it? Any systems with unpatched XP or Vista will be affected. Any Mac earlier than 10.6.5 too. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au

Re: [Server-devel] 13.2.5 simple tests

2015-07-17 Thread James Cameron
size is 1661816 and md5sum bb99445a536f8b6ce2d1a2f9fa4c72ef -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] sdcard for /opt and /library on xo 1.5

2015-07-15 Thread James Cameron
you accumulated any info that may guide selecting suitable replacements from more advanced cards now now available to XO-1.5 end users ? NCR On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:31 PM, James Cameron wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 09:27:49AM -0400, Tim Moody wrote: -Original Message

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] sdcard for /opt and /library on xo 1.5

2015-07-15 Thread James Cameron
boot and watch the storage indicator so you can tell what it is doing. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] sdcard for /opt and /library on xo 1.5

2015-07-14 Thread James Cameron
of minutes. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] sdcard for /opt and /library on xo 1.5

2015-07-14 Thread James Cameron
] On Behalf Of James Cameron Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 8:14 PM To: Tim Moody Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org; de...@lists.laptop.org; xsce- de...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [XSCE] sdcard for /opt and /library on xo 1.5 G'day Tim, Thanks, that's interesting. My best guess

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Access Point capability for the XO1.5 -- the dream of internet in a box on an SD card

2015-07-13 Thread James Cameron
of work could range from weeks to months. The amount of work would be much smaller if the most recent kernel.org kernel and Fedora 23 were used, because that way there are many more developers interested, and so each small roadblock can be solved differently or more quickly. -- James Cameron http

Re: [Server-devel] XO1.5 as Access Point using thinfirm

2015-06-16 Thread James Cameron
, unavailable) external USB83833 active antenna devices, you can omit the USB support. I doubt it will have any effect. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org

Re: [Server-devel] Trying to access a school server from the outside world

2015-06-12 Thread James Cameron
: Host fred Hostname relay.example.com Port 23016 User root ConnectTimeout 300 And then connect by typing ssh fred. The resulting connection to sshd appears to come from localhost. It can be a bit slower than normal. -- James Cameron http

Re: [Server-devel] Two (minimal) goals for a kernel for XO1.5 based upon fc22?

2015-05-28 Thread James Cameron
to boot on the 1.75 and having similar issues. I may look into this a bit more before resorting back to OLPC's 3.10 kernel and seeing what works with that. (*) http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2015-April/050035.html On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 6:28 PM, James Cameron qu

Re: [Server-devel] Two (minimal) goals for a kernel for XO1.5 based upon fc22?

2015-05-28 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:01:10PM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:05 AM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: The v4.1-rc5 kernel boots fine on XO-1.5, though there are a few things to be fixed; screen blanks on boot, camera LED stays on and camera doesn't work

Re: [Server-devel] Two (minimal) goals for a kernel for XO1.5 based upon fc22?

2015-05-27 Thread James Cameron
on a Fedora release later than FC18 that I might springboard from? We used the olpc-3.10 branch to generate kernels for systems later than Fedora 18. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] XOs cannot act as WiFi access points

2015-03-16 Thread James Cameron
The XO laptops can provide library content like this to some extent, and the implementation varies across models, with varying levels of complexity in setting it up. But they aren't a cost-effective tool for the job, because they don't scale. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] Re: XOs cannot act as WiFi access points

2015-03-16 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 09:30:30PM -0500, Jerry Vonau wrote: On March 16, 2015 at 9:23 PM James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: There's no need to go as far as configuring as an access point when ad-hoc networking will work, with suitable configuration of the other laptops connecting

Re: [Server-devel] XOs cannot act as WiFi access points

2015-03-16 Thread James Cameron
There's no need to go as far as configuring as an access point when ad-hoc networking will work, with suitable configuration of the other laptops connecting to it. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Rpi2 now available, and loads current XSCE master

2015-03-10 Thread James Cameron
://unleashkids.org/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] external batteries

2015-02-27 Thread James Cameron
capacity is used. The cycle life seems to be around 1000 full charges, about half what would be expected from a product that optimises for lifetime. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: [Server-devel] [support-gang] school server weekly mtg minutes

2015-02-19 Thread James Cameron
-by-name-rather-than-ip http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/52140/how-to-reach-local-computer-via-machine-name-instead-of-ip http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/39687/access-website-hosted-over-lan -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Banana-pi solar powered digital content library

2015-02-18 Thread James Cameron
The Raspberry Pi 2 changes the comparison somewhat, but the lack of spinning storage interface is still a bit of a killer for low cost per gigabyte. But the main point; a parallel project that you guys can reach out to! -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au

Re: [Server-devel] Announcing the development of OLPC OS 14.1.0

2014-09-28 Thread James Cameron
isn't something we need to support. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] Fixing the Shellshocker bash exploit on the old FC9 based XS 0.6

2014-09-26 Thread James Cameron
you hit that one. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

[Server-devel] Announcing the development of OLPC OS 14.1.0

2014-09-26 Thread James Cameron
they should coalesce. Test reports are welcome on de...@lists.laptop.org thanks. We encourage community developers to use our olpc-os-builder repository to publish XO-1 and XO-1.5 builds of Fedora 20 with Sugar 0.102, and we can offer advice on that via the mailing lists. -- James Cameron http

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Re: [support-gang] Solved-- XSCE 5.1 MOODLE user/pwd ?

2014-09-24 Thread James Cameron
] javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('support-g...@lists.laptop.org') [11] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang [12] javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('support-g...@lists.laptop.org') [13] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au

Re: [Server-devel] iiab on xo-4

2014-07-25 Thread James Cameron
olpc-os-builder to make a build without optimisations for personal use and power management that we added. I agree with Braddock, tell pip to use another directory. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] activation server feature XSCE 5.0

2014-07-21 Thread James Cameron
this old/deprecated address binding for compatibility. IPADDR2=172.18.0.1 NETMASK2=255.255.255.0 and thenexecute /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/setup.d/xs-activation and the activations works fine... 2014-07-04 16:31 GMT-06:00 James Cameron qu...@laptop.org: I haven't heard of any

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] Re: [support-gang] How did 262 abandoned Haiti XOs cross the road?

2014-07-11 Thread James Cameron
is being converted from waste to secondary use. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] Internet-in-a-Box special guests (10AM NYC Time, Thursday July 10)

2014-07-09 Thread James Cameron
/1o6QtzLb6e58YKWqMf_junux2XyBRLFm31un8YLcYslg See you on Skype Thursday morning 10AM NYC Time (7AM California Time) exactly 11 hours from now!  And/or please say hi on backchannel #schoolserver at http:/ /webchat.freenode.net absolutely anytime- -- Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! -- James

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] pathagar

2014-07-01 Thread James Cameron
Try another tool to get more detail on the SSL handshake failure. Check the system time. An SSL handshake also fails if the system time is very wrong, depending on the remote certificate. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] pathagar

2014-07-01 Thread James Cameron
and the system time, and the offset you show is very small, so my guess is that the problem is not the system time. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] pathagar

2014-07-01 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 04:51:40PM -0600, German Ruiz - FundacionZT wrote: Here is the error log. What happens if you try this? wget https://github.com/downloads/johnsensible/django-sendfile/django-sendfile-0.3.0.tar.gz -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] xo registration on xsce

2014-06-30 Thread James Cameron
even without manual changes to network settings. Tim -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] school server call - Thur 10AM NYC Time

2014-06-18 Thread James Cameron
? Not the packaging or installation of the fixes, but rather the fixes themselves. There was nothing on this in your agenda or minutes. 10AM is not a nice time for me to meet; it is midnight. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] Server Backup on HaitiOS

2014-06-17 Thread James Cameron
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 03:52:05PM -0400, Richard Smith wrote: On 06/16/2014 06:46 PM, James Cameron wrote: (In my opinion a more correct solution is to change ds-backup to not need ping, but instead attempt the backup anyway. This would avoid failing a backup if ping could not be run

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] Server Backup on HaitiOS

2014-06-16 Thread James Cameron
that the firmware does as it is bringing up the XO.  You can find files more easily in the Tiny Core Linux environment by doing the chroot manually at a prompt. You can pull fragments out of Jerry's xo-custom, especially the functions, and use them as command line tools. -- James Cameron http

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] wvdial

2014-06-08 Thread James Cameron
and Network Manager don't already do better. Packages ppp and NetworkManager. Should be there now. Plug the modem in and try to create a connection in the UI. wvdial usually springs up because it was an early solution that people remember with fondness, or find in outdated documentation. -- James

Re: [Server-devel] [UKids] Internet-in-a-Box speed profiling tips on different CPUs?

2014-06-08 Thread James Cameron
and the laptops will randomly disassociate. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/12757 -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] wvdial

2014-06-08 Thread James Cameron
On Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 03:33:44PM -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: On Jun 8, 2014 3:27 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: On Sat, Jun 07, 2014 at 10:42:25AM -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: Anybody have on the ground experience with wvdial to run a USB modem directly from the school server

Re: [Server-devel] ansible install on a 1.75 with low RAM

2014-06-05 Thread James Cameron
repeatedly, and at varying successive points. I suspect this is due to a low amount of RAM and no swap (I see memory page errors at the console). Without diagnosis of those errors, I'm worried you may have more than just depletion of memory. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au

Re: [Server-devel] XMPP

2014-04-22 Thread James Cameron
, and there are some interesting matches in the Sugar Labs Wiki, the best would seem to be: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Platform_Team/Prosody Looks reasonably complete. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] 32(+) XO-1's on Mesh Potato 2 as AP on XSCE

2014-04-17 Thread James Cameron
...@googlegroups.com There's also server-devel@lists.laptop.org -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ support-gang mailing list support-g...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang

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